In connected car news are Applied Intuition, TRATON, NOVOSENSE, Corellium, Green Hills Software, NXP, FPT Automotive and Subaru.
Applied Intuition and TRATON Partner
In a strategic move to redefine the role of software in commercial vehicles, Applied Intuition, a vehicle software supplier, and the TRATON GROUP, one of the world’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, have announced a partnership to deploy advanced software platforms across TRATON’s brands—Scania, MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus.
The collaboration aims to accelerate TRATON’s transition toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs), enabling advanced automation, connectivity, and efficiency. Applied Intuition will provide AI-powered vehicle software products, leveraging its expertise in scalable software architectures, while TRATON brings its legacy of industrializing commercial vehicle software at scale.
TRATON’s brands have a long history of developing proprietary software, ensuring high performance and reliability. The partnership with Applied Intuition will introduce a modular, scalable Vehicle OS and AI-driven development tools, helping TRATON develop vehicle software faster while streamlining validation and testing processes.
The initiative will also virtualize testing using a cloud-native environment, allowing engineers to conduct software evaluations earlier in the development cycle. By reducing the need for physical testing, TRATON aims to accelerate innovation and improve safety and efficiency in commercial vehicles.
The announcement builds on a five-year collaboration between the two companies, which focused on developing tools for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD). This new strategic partnership extends beyond ADAS, encompassing the entire software stack for TRATON’s vehicles.
NOVOSENSE Earns ISO 26262 ASIL D Certification
NOVOSENSE Microelectronics has achieved the ISO 26262 ASIL D “Defined-Practiced” certification from TÜV Rheinland, signifying its enhanced functional safety capabilities. This milestone validates the company’s transition from system establishment to full implementation, reinforcing its credibility in automotive-grade chip manufacturing.
The certification highlights NOVOSENSE’s expertise in functional safety, particularly in its NSM41xx series ABS wheel speed sensors and NSI6911 isolated gate driver. The NSM41xx series, built on AMR technology, supports ASIL D system-level safety and is in mass production for critical applications like ABS, ESP, and EPS. The NSI6911 gate driver, tailored for new energy vehicles, ensures reliable SiC MOSFET and IGBT control with advanced diagnostic and safety features.
With over 500 million automotive chips shipped, NOVOSENSE continues to expand its market presence, offering robust and reliable solutions to meet the industry’s stringent safety and reliability requirements.
Corellium Launches Atlas
Corellium, a leader in ARM-based virtualization for mobile, automotive, and IoT devices, has announced the general availability of Atlas, a virtual hardware platform designed to accelerate software development for software-defined vehicles (SDVs). By shifting development from physical hardware to virtual platforms, Corellium Atlas empowers automakers, suppliers, and developers to build, test, and deploy automotive applications with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
Atlas offers key advantages for SDV development, including:
- Silicon-speed execution that mirrors physical ECUs for seamless deployment and real-world accuracy
- Mixed criticality testing to validate applications to ASIL-B or ASIL-D standards
- Extended lifecycle management to simplify security patching and software updates
- Pre-silicon development to eliminate hardware dependencies and accelerate timelines
- CI/CD and DevOps integration for continuous testing and security validation
- Compatibility with existing debugging tools for easy adoption
- Global collaboration with secure, instant access to virtual hardware
- Flexible cloud-native deployment for public, private, or on-site environments
As modern vehicles consolidate millions of lines of code onto fewer processors, traditional hardware-based development is becoming inefficient and costly. Atlas democratizes software development by enabling early visibility into performance, compatibility, and security issues, ultimately transforming the way SDV software is developed and validated.
Amanda Gorton, CEO of Corellium, emphasized the importance of modernizing development approaches for increasingly complex SDVs. Shiv Tasker of Emsan Consulting highlighted how Atlas eliminates delays caused by physical platform dependencies, giving teams faster and more effective software development capabilities.
Green Hills Software and NXP Partner for SDVs
Green Hills Software, a global leader in embedded safety and security, has partnered with NXP Semiconductors to provide a combined hardware and software solution for developing safety-focused, mixed-criticality software-defined vehicle (SDV) zonal architectures. The solution integrates Green Hills’ ASIL D safety-certified µ-velOSity real-time operating system (RTOS), the µ-visor hypervisor, industry-leading Green Hills Compilers, and the MULTI debugger with system visualization tools. This collaboration leverages NXP’s new S32K5 microcontroller (MCU) family to enable OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to safely consolidate mixed-criticality ECU functions while reducing system complexity and lowering development costs.
The partnership addresses the growing need for flexible, high-performance compute platforms that consolidate hardware and software while ensuring real-time performance, safety, and security. As vehicle electronics become more software-driven, the solution accelerates development and deployment timelines for complex, heterogeneous multicore ECUs.
Key features of the solution include:
- Safe and secure ECU consolidation with µ-visor, supporting multiple operating systems such as AUTOSAR Classic and µ-velOSity
- Efficient and high-performance software foundation with µ-velOSity RTOS and Green Hills Optimizing Compilers
- Support for ISO 26262 ASIL D safety and ISO/SAE 21434 automotive cybersecurity standards
- Advanced debugging and system visualization using the MULTI IDE, including TimeMachine back-in-time debugging and History viewer for system events
- Comprehensive development environment with MISRA C Adherence Wizard and DoubleCheck static code analysis to detect and resolve software issues efficiently
The S32K5 MCU family offers high performance, increased networking capabilities, and hardware-enforced safety isolation while maintaining low power consumption. Ideal for zone controllers, domain controllers, and premium body and safety controllers, the solution provides automakers with a cost-effective and scalable platform for next-generation SDV applications.
The S32K5 platform was demonstrated at embedded world 2025 and is now available to early customers, integrated with the Synopsys Virtualizer S32K5 VDK virtual model simulator.
FPT Automotive and Subaru Expand Partnership
HANOI — FPT Automotive and Subaru Corporation Japan have renewed their two-year Basic Contract, reinforcing their commitment to technological collaboration. Originally signed in 2024 with Subaru’s IT department, the agreement expands their focus on software-defined vehicles, autonomous driving, and advanced safety systems.
This partnership strengthens FPT’s role as a key digital transformation player in the automotive sector. With a global network of 4,000 automotive software engineers, FPT launched its automotive subsidiary in 2023 to meet rising demand for software-defined vehicles.
As one of Japan’s largest foreign-invested tech enterprises, FPT operates 17 offices and employs over 4,000 professionals in the country, with an additional 15,000 offshore specialists. This renewed alliance underscores FPT and Subaru’s commitment to innovation and advancing smart mobility for the future.